Recipe: 100% Whole Wheat Bread

03.12.13

It’s been a while since I posted a bread recipe so I figured now’s a good a time as any to post a bread recipe. What time isn’t a good time to post a bread recipe?

You may know that a few months ago, I finally purchased a Kitchenaid stand up mixer. The main purpose of purchasing the mixer was because I wanted to start making my own breads and pizza dough without the burden of hand kneading. Call me lazy but if I can get out of using up time and energy on kneading, then I surely will! I’ve experimented with a couple of different bread recipes, a few of them you will find below. But today I am sharing a 100% whole wheat bread recipe that I got from my Kitchenaid mixer cookbook. The bread tasted pretty good but it was rather dense, a common problem that I’ve heard many have when baking whole wheat bread. I shall experiment again someday. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this recipe.

In the bowl of a stand up mixer, dissolve 1 tbsp brown sugar and the yeast in the warm water. Allow the mixture to become foamy.

Meanwhile, combine 4 C of the flour, ½ C brown sugar, the powdered milk and the salt. Add it to the yeast mixture and mix together with the flat attachment of the mixer.Add the vegetable and beat for 30 seconds.

Remove the flat attachment and attach the dough hook. Knead on speed 2 for 8/10 minutes. Add more flour until the dough is elastic in consistency and isn't sticking to the sides of the bowl.

Place the dough ball in an oiled bowl and move it around in the bowl until it is coated with the oil.

Cover and let rise for 1-2 hours or until double in size.

Punch down the dough and then divide it in half. Shape each half into a loaf.

Place each half into greased loaf pans. Cover and then let rise until double in size.

About Julie

I cook recipes that I find in cookbooks and on the internet. Sometimes I create my own. When I'm not busy at my day job or working on this blog, I enjoy traveling, eating copious amounts of peanut butter and dreaming of new ways to decorate my house.

Comments

Have you tried adding gluten to your bread to give it more fluff? My husband likes whole wheat, but I can’t stand how dense it is, so I add vital wheat gluten, found in the whole foods section usually in those little bins. :) Works like a charm.

earlier my wheat bread used to become as dense.. so i put off baking it for sometime till i read that adding 1 or 2 teaspoons of vinegar helps. i tried that and now my bread comes out really fluffy. you can give it a try..